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Thai army arrests former premier Yingluck Shinawatra

BANGKOK: The Thailand’s army has arrested former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra after overthrowing her caretaker government in a coup. A number of Yingluck Shinawatra’s family...

Sri Lanka urges Norway to immediately handover LTTE leader

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has urged Norway to immediately handover a leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) so that he can be...

Thai army bans 155 prominent figures from leaving country

BANGKOK: The Thailand’s army on Friday banned 155 prominent figures including ousted government leaders Yingluck Shinawatra and Niwattumrong Boonsongpaisan from leaving the country without...

Libyan parliamentary elections on June 25

TRIPOLI: The Libyan parliamentary elections will be held on June 25, the country’s interim parliament has announced. "It is decided that June 25 will be...

Nuclear agreement with world powers very likely by July: Iranian president

SHANGHAI: The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that an agreement with the six world powers including five permanent members of the UN...

Thailand’s army seizes control of government

BANGKOK: The Thailand's army chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha seized control of the government on Thursday, a move he described as taken to restore order...

Sri Lanka being penalised for eradicating terrorism: Rajapaksa

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has said that it is being penalised by interested parties for eradicating terrorism in the country. "Regrettably, the eradication of terrorism in...

Explosions in China’s Xinjiang region leave 31 dead

BEIJING: At least 31 persons were killed and more than 90 others injured when explosions occurred at a market in Urumqi, the capital of...

Egyptian court sentences Hosni Mubarak to three years in prison

CAIRO: An Egyptian court on Wednesday convicted the country’s ousted President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement and sentenced him to three years in prison. His two...

CICA summit: China calls for new Asian structure for security cooperation

SHANGHAI: The fourth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) began in Shanghai, during which the Chinese president...

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